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of 1882, which well illustrates the necessity for care in 

 planting. We had sold, some time in February, a large lot 

 of our "Early Summer" Cabbage seed to two market 

 gardeners in Rochester, N. Y. The orders were filled from 

 the same bag of seed. Some time about the end of June one 

 of the market gardeners wrote, saying that he had evi- 

 dently got some spurious kind of Cabbage from us, as his 

 neighbor was marketing his crop, while in his own field 

 of ten acres, he had not a head fit to cut, nor was there 

 any appearance of their ever being so, he thought. Inves- 

 tigation showed that no Maggot, "club root," or other 

 insect was affecting the roots ; the land was nearly iden- 

 tical with that which had made a successful crop, and 

 had been equally well manured and cultivated. So the 

 only probable solution of the matter was, that the plants 

 in the case of failure had been loosely planted and had 

 failed to make a prompt start, as in the other case 

 where the planting had been properly done, so that while 

 the one lot advanced without a check, the growth of the 

 other lot was arrested. This was undoubtedly the case, 

 for there could be no cause for the difference unless on 

 some such hypothesis. But there was a fortunate sequel, 

 to the case. It luckily happened that a heavy rainstorm 

 occurred while the Cabbages were yet in this unheaded 

 condition. This started, as it were, a second growth, 

 which resulted m their forming splendid heads by August 

 1st, at a time when Cabbages were scarce, which, 

 luckily for the owner, brought a much higher price than 

 if they had matured at the proper season in June or July. 

 The result was fortunate for us who had sold the seed, 

 for had it not rained so opportunely, the crop might 

 never have headed up, and it would then have been hard 

 to convince the man that he had not been furnished 

 with a spurious kind of seed. What has been advised for 

 Cabbage crops, either early or late, is exactly the culture 

 necessary for a crop of Cauliflower, except that Cauli- 



